Principles And Precedents Of Hindu Law V2 - Being A Compilation Of Primary Rules (1828) (Paperback)

Title: Principles and Precedents of Hindu Law, Being a Compilation of Primary Rules Relative to the Doctrine of Inheritance, Contracts, and Miscellaneous Subjects and a Selection of Legal Opinions ... General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1874 Original Publisher: Higginbotham Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: A TRANSLATION A PORTION THE MITACSHARA. CHAPTER I. ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. SECTION I. Constitution of a J-udicial Assembly. 1. The protection of his subjects is the chief duty of a Judicial duty of a king. consecrated and otherwise qualified king, and this cannot be performed without restraining evil doers. But they cannot be discovered without legal investigation. Wherefore it is requisite, that daily attention should be paid to judicial proceedings, which gave rise to the text: " The king in person, being aided by assessors, should daily investigate judicial proceedings." But no explanation has yet been given of the nature, number, and forms of judicial proceedings. This second lecture is now commenced with a view of elucidating these points. 2. " The king, divested of anger and avarice, and asso- What law to ciated with learned Brahmins, should investigate judicial proceedings conformably to the sacred code of laws."f This refers to a former passage of YUjnyawakya cited in the Chapter treating of Achar, t Ydjnyawakya, cited in the Vyavahdramddhava, Smritichandric

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Imprint:	Kessinger Publishing Co
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2009
First published:	November 2009
Authors:	William Hay Macnaghten
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	358
ISBN-13:	978-1-120-68240-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms
LSN:	1-120-68240-1
Barcode:	9781120682406

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